VideoFrom Ron Stewart
Your Draft Board Is Now Wrong (Updated Rankings)
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Aug 23, 2026
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Sun, August 23, 2026
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Alvin KamaraBrian Thomas Jr.Casey WashingtonChigoziem OkonkwoChris BellChris OlaveChristian McCaffreyDalton SchultzDavid MontgomeryGeorge KittleJakobi MeyersJonah ColemanJordyn TysonJosh Downs
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Alvin Kamara
NegativeInjury8:29
JJ Zachariason continues to lower Alvin Kamara in his rankings due to an MCL injury that will cause him to miss the start of the season; he is not considered worth an IR spot in most leagues as the injury muddies his fantasy outlook.
Insight pageBrian Thomas Jr.
PositiveRole24:13
JJ Zachariason notes that Brian Thomas Jr. faces a murky outlook due to potential route share concerns, specifically if he and Travis Hunter are mutually exclusive bets. Zachariason compares Thomas's downside to Romeo Doubs's production over the last two years, labeling him a potentially frustrating flex play despite acknowledging his year-three breakout upside.
Insight pageCasey Washington
PositiveUsage10:59
JJ Zachariason continues to move Casey Washington up his rankings, noting that Todd Monken appears obsessed with him. He expects Washington to see creative usage and handoffs, giving him significant upside despite quarterback concerns.
Insight pageChigoziem Okonkwo
PositiveUsage11:34
JJ Zachariason moved Okonkwo up 13 spots into the Dalton Schultz tier after observing him play 12 of 14 snaps in the first quarter of a preseason game. He views him as a potential every-down tight end who could be a primary target earner alongside Terry McLaurin, a role Zachariason previously doubted.
Insight pageChris Bell
PositiveValue18:44
JJ Zachariason added Chris Bell to his rankings, noting he is back in the mix to play early in the season for the Dolphins and remains a high-upside prospect despite his previous ACL injury.
Insight pageChris Olave
PositiveProjection11:49
JJ Zachariason moved Chris Olave up to his 24th ranked player, viewing him as a 2-3 turn target.
Insight pageChristian McCaffrey
NegativeInjury20:14
JJ Zachariason maintains his stance on Christian McCaffrey, noting that while he is a high-risk, high-reward player due to age and soft tissue concerns, his current situation does not warrant a change in risk assessment. Reports suggest he could play now but will likely face load management all season.
Insight pageDalton Schultz
PositiveProjection8:54
JJ Zachariason moved Dalton Schultz up 31 spots (185 to 154) following Jaden Higgins' ACL injury, placing him in a tier with TJ Hockenson and Hunter Henry as a startable PPR tight end.
Insight pageDavid Montgomery
NegativeProjection25:23
JJ Zachariason moved David Montgomery down eight spots, citing research that dislikes his profile and the emergence of Woody Marks. Zachariason argues that Marks limits Montgomery's pass-catching ceiling, which is the primary lever for Montgomery to reach a high-end fantasy outcome. While he doubts a true 50-50 split, he believes the workload sharing will cap Montgomery's upside.
Insight pageGeorge Kittle
PositiveInjury21:42
George Kittle was activated from the PUP list, which JJ Zachariason views as a positive sign of health, though it aligns with his baseline expectations.
Insight pageJakobi Meyers
NegativeInjury25:22
JJ Zachariason notes that Jakobi Meyers is dealing with an injury, though he was already buried in his rankings and not a player he was targeting.
Insight pageJonah Coleman
NegativeValue0:54
Jonah Coleman is categorized as a day-three pick with upside, serving as a benchmark for the late-round range where Ashton Genty now belongs following his injury.
Insight pageJordyn Tyson
NegativeInjury10:53
JJ Zachariason is no longer factoring Jordan Tyson into his 2026 outlook due to an injury that may keep him sidelined until Week 8 or 9.
Insight pageJosh Downs
NegativeRole22:08
JJ Zachariason moved Josh Downs down nine spots but remains optimistic about his potential to break out. He believes Downs can still earn a high route share in two-wide receiver sets despite Keenan Allen's arrival.
Insight pageJuwan Johnson
PositiveSleeper11:58
JJ Zachariason moved Juwan Johnson to 136th overall, tagging him as a sleeper who could be the Saints' number two target in an uptempo offense; he is tiered with Dallas Goedert, Jake Ferguson, and Mark Andrews.
Insight pageKeenan Allen
PositiveValue22:02
JJ Zachariason moved Keenan Allen up 27 spots in his rankings following his signing, though he views Allen as more of a 'body' than a key player in the offense.
Insight pageKhalil Herbert
NegativeInjury22:21
JJ Zachariason moved Khalil Herbert down 12 spots in his rankings due to a knee injury that carries a reported two-to-six-week recovery timeline.
Insight pageMalachi Fields
PositiveRole17:05
JJ Zachariason continues to move Malachi Fields up his rankings based on preseason usage and reports that he is the starting X receiver. He possesses rapport with Jackson Dart and offers jump-ball upside.
Insight pageMike Washington Jr.
PositiveProjection2:25
Ron Stewart moved Mike Washington up to 87th overall (RB35) following Ashton Genty's injury. Washington has impressed in preseason games as an explosive runner between the tackles and is viewed as a viable swing in the same range as other lead backs in bad offenses or committee members. He is considered a clean handcuff option for Genty.
Insight pageNico Collins
PositiveUsage8:54
JJ Zachariason moved Nico Collins to his 22nd ranked player overall, noting that Jaden Higgins' injury could allow Collins to reach a 27-30% target share.
Insight pageOmar Cooper Jr.
NegativeDepth Chart19:04
Omar Cooper has moved up to WR3 behind Garrett Wilson and Adonai Mitchell, though JJ Zachariason cautions that 12-personnel usage when Kenyan Sadi is healthy could limit his field time.
Insight pagePuka Nacua
NegativeInjury20:14
JJ Zachariason is not moving Puka Nacua in his rankings, citing medical reports that suggest his re-injury risk is mild and consistent with his status since his rookie season.
Insight pageRashod Bateman
NegativeInjury17:31
Despite recent legal/domestic issues, JJ Zachariason suggests it is unlikely to impact Rashad Bateman's availability for the 2026 season, though he remains in a competition for the WR2 role.
Insight pageSam LaPorta
PositiveProjection9:01
JJ Zachariason has moved LaPorta down 12 spots in his rankings, citing ongoing back and hip injury issues and stiff target competition from Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, and Jahmyr Gibbs. He argues that to be a top-five tight end, LaPorta must be a top-two target earner, which he deems unlikely.
Insight pageStefon Diggs
NegativeUsage11:44
JJ Zachariason downgraded Stefon Diggs after observing him come off the field in two-wide receiver sets during a preseason game, with Treylon Burks taking his place. He worries Diggs could become an afterthought in the offense behind Terry McLaurin.
Insight pageTank Dell
NegativeInjury10:20
JJ Zachariason advises caution regarding Tank Dell due to an active injury and ambiguity surrounding his Week 1 status; he is currently not playing.
Insight pageTravis Etienne
PositiveRole8:41
With Alvin Kamara injured, Travis Etienne is the clear lead back for the Saints; JJ Zachariason moved him up nine spots to a 3-4 turn pick, expecting him to handle the full backfield workload and removing previous concerns about losing pass-catching work.
Insight pageTravis Hunter
NegativeRole25:37
Travis Hunter is learning the X-receiver role, which JJ Zachariason notes could negatively impact Brian Thomas Jr.'s route share.
Insight pageTyrone Tracy
NegativeDepth Chart5:43
Tyrone Tracy is losing ground in the Giants' roster battle following a poor pass-blocking performance that led to a sack, a subsequent fumble in a preseason game, and the team's decision to sign Naji Harris. He has fallen from the top 130 rankings to the roster bubble.
Insight pageWoody Marks
PositiveUsage25:32
JJ Zachariason highlights that Woody Marks has looked impressive in the preseason and has been splitting work with David Montgomery in camp. DeMeco Ryans has spoken glowingly of Marks, suggesting he will earn enough work to significantly impact Montgomery's fantasy ceiling.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00What's going on, man? Welcome back to the basement. I'm Ron and I'm going to be completely honest with you guys. I
0:05just filmed this entire video talking about the risers and fallers in fantasy football. I turn off the camera. I open my phone and I see this potentially the
0:13biggest piece of news in fantasy football right now happened as I was recording. Ashen Genty leaves practice early after suffering an apparent knee
0:21injury. He was diving for a catch and landed awkwardly. He was helped off the field by trainers and couldn't put any
0:26pressure on his right leg. entire team took a knee and said a prayer.
0:31This is of course not good. We have a Sunday in August. Right now, there are a ton of fantasy football drafts happening
0:38tonight and I wanted to make sure that I gave you some kind of a game plan if that is you. If you are drafting tonight
0:43and you want to know at what point can I be drafting Ashton Genty before we get a concrete answer, here is where I ended
0:50up. I put Ashton Genty 128th overall.
0:54essentially you can take him in the 10th or 11th or 12th round to have him in this range of handcuffs and upside day
1:01three picks like Jonah Coleman at this point it is all reward no risk at this point but taking him in the first six
1:09rounds and the first eight rounds I think is a really tough proposition as of right now it seems like it's going to
1:14be really bad we're talking potentially ACL out for the year we're talking months weeks we really don't know and it would just be such a bummer to try and
1:26get cute and take Ashton Genty in the fourth round and then we get the report, okay, he's out for the season. So
1:31essentially me having him 128th is him being off my board or a double-digit late round dart throw. Now I do of
1:38course want to say prayers up for Ashen Genty. This is a silly game we play and that is the focus of this video. But I
1:45hope on a human level Ashen Gent is doing okay. On the other hand, we have Mike Washington. I moved him all the way
1:50up to 87th overall as my RB35. I still have to take off the sleeper tag because he's no longer a sleeper. He is now in
1:57everybody's stratosphere as the guy who gets the biggest boost from Ashen Genty going down. In each of the last two preseason games, Mike Washington has
2:05looked awesome as this explosive runner between the tackles. He was somebody that in the NFL draft had a lot of day
2:11two buzz, meaning that he could have gone in the second round or the third round. Of course, he falls to day three,
2:16which is round four through seven. He is this hulked up size speed monster, but he's a rookie that we haven't really
2:23seen produced in the NFL. I think this range is about reasonable for tonight.
2:27RJ Harvey, Blake Cororm, Bill Crosky, Merritt. These are all guys who are either lead backs like Tony Pard in bad offenses, which is essentially what Mike
2:34Washington would be, or guys in tough committees, right? RJ Harvey, JK Dobbins, Bill Crosky, Merritt could maybe be the lead back. Blake Corm a
2:42handcuff in this range. This is where I'd be fine taking the swing on Mike Washington. You have to remember as well, this could be a situation where
2:49they call up the Cardinals and they get James Connor or a Trey Benson or really anybody. They could call anybody out
2:54there and add bodies to this room because after Mike Washington, there is nothing going on. But I hope that that gives you guys some kind of peace of
3:03mind or some kind of game plan or strategy going into tonight's fantasy football drafts. Sure, this video will be stale by tomorrow morning when we get
3:11some kind of concrete confirmation on what this is for Ashen Genty, but this is how I am playing it right now. Uh, in
3:18fantasy football at 6:32 p.m. August 23rd, Sunday, I will say good luck to all of you guys out there drafting. The
3:26rest of this video, I'm just going to kind of cut into I'm going to talk about all of the biggest risers and fallers as
3:31it pertains to fantasy football as a whole over the last week. I hope you all enjoy. Leave a like, subscribe if you're
3:36new. First, we are going to cover the Giants backfield. We of course have Naji Harris signing. We of course have Tyrone
3:43Tracy whiffing on a pass blocking rep.
3:45And then the following week, this past weekend, he of course fumbles. And we have things happening all over the place when it comes to this Giants backfield.
3:53Now, this screenshot here is from the change log over on the basemanguide.com.
3:59I update my rankings every single day so that you are up todate and ready to draft whenever that is for you. You can
4:04find the basement draft guide down below in the description and the comments section below this video. And you can also go to the change log tab and see
4:12all of the changes I am making in real time. Now, when it comes to the Giants backfield, we move up Cam Scatabo really just
4:21because of our dead zone running back research. Naji Harris gets signed here after Tyrone Tracy whiffs a massive pass blocking rep that eventually gets
4:31Jackson Dart sacked. And it's this big thing. They sign Naji Harris. Tyrone Tracy gets publicly kind of emasculated here and then he fumbles in this
4:38preseason game and he is now finding himself firmly on the bubble of this roster. This is from Paul Schwarz here, a New York Post Giants beat reporter.
4:47You're going to see we're going to cover a lot of local beat reporters in this video. From Paul here, the running back
4:53competition got ramped up with the signing of Naji Harris. Tyrone Tracy continues to lose ground in the fight for a roster spot. Tracy goes from a guy
5:00that was inside of my top 130 rankings at one point to someone who is now on the fringes of the bubble when it comes
5:07to making the 53man roster because he could get cut in favor of Devin Singleary. Naji Harris I'm not quite drafting yet, but he is somebody the
5:15last round of your draft. He's an interesting handcuff as a player behind Cam Scatabo coming off a big ankle injury. But for now, this is the
5:23movement I have with the Giants backfield. We'll then go over to the Texans here. We of course had the big news that Jaden Higgins tears his ACL.
5:34Really, really huge bummer. But now it opens up a lot of free targets for Nico Collins and Daltton Schultz. I moved up
5:40Daltton Schultz from 185 to 154. 31 spots I moved him up. I pretty much moved him to the tier with TJ Hawinson
5:47and Hunter Henry as like your boring PPR tight ends. But he is very much a fine play there. Especially with Jaden
5:53Higgins gone, you're going to have Nico Collins take all of the targets up top and then Dolan Schulz could be second on
5:59this team in targets and be a startable tight end every single week. I also moved up Nico Collins to my 22nd ranked
6:05player overall. We talked about him in the legendary wide receiver video. His target share isn't the highest and it was kind of limiting his ceiling, but
6:11now without Jaden Higgins, Nico Collins could go nuclear and challenge for a 27% 28% even 30% target share as a 20 plus
6:20point per game scorer. I will say I wouldn't go crazy about Tank Dell.
6:24Everyone is very excited about Tank Dell. This is from Jack Miller here quote tweeting Aaron Wilson, a local Texans reporter essentially saying that
6:32Tank Dell has an injury right now. He's not playing. There is ambiguity about his week one status. So the guy I moved
6:40up was Jaylen Null all the way up to 173rd overall. In a normal reddraft manage league, Jaylen Null doesn't have to be on your team, but in deeper
6:47leagues I did move him up if you are curious there. Then we have the Saints.
6:51Similar situation.
6:53Jordan Tyson, we talked about him last week on this exact video, but it went from a situation where Jordan Tyson, okay, he maybe isn't going to play week
7:02one or week two to now he might not play until week nine, week eight. So, I'm operating under the assumption that I'm
7:09not really even going to factor in Jordan Tyson for 2026. I moved up Chris Olive to my 24th ranked player. I moved
7:18up Jawan Johnson to my 136th ranked player. I think Jawan Johnson, similar to Daltton Schultz, can now potentially be the number two target in this Saints
7:27passing offense, which is even better than the Texans because the Saints are going to be uptempo. They're going to play fast. They're going to pass the
7:32ball a ton, a lot of dome games. So Jawan Johnson's a guy I have tagged as a sleeper now. And I have him in that same
7:38tier of Dallas GD, Jake Ferguson, Mark Andrews as like a very strong streamable tight end. Chris Olive now a two- three
7:46turn target for me. And then we've also moved Devon Vele into the rankings as the wide receiver two on this team.
7:52Again, not a guy that I'd be drafting in normal home leagues, but somebody that is cracking my top 220 if you are
7:59curious. Uh, and then we have the running back situation here where Alvin Kamara suffers an MCL injury and is set to miss the start of the season. So now
8:09the backfield is clearly Travis Tien's.
8:12We did the dead zone running back research that really favored Travis ETN this season and I now have him as a
8:17three four turn pick moving him up nine spots since my last update and I continue to lower Alvin Kamara because I
8:23just don't know what the point of drafting him is at this point. Early in the offseason it was like okay you can
8:29draft Alvin Kamara, he can be a steady PPR reception running back and now if he's not going to play early on it
8:35really muddies the water on Alvin Kamara. I don't think that he's really even worth an IR spot in most leagues.
8:41You have behind Travis ETN, nobody really. It's like Devin Neil, it's Kendra Miller, there's a bunch of them that are dealing with injuries. Audrey
8:48Esté. So Travis Ten, someone that I was worried about getting vultured in terms of the passcatching role from Alvin Kamara now should have the entire
8:55backfield to himself and he all of a sudden is a very interesting running back pick in that third and fourth round
9:01area. Then we can talk about Sam Laaporta and the Lions. I know the reports have been pretty positive on Sam Leaporta. It was like, okay, he had a
9:10hip injury and then it's like, okay, it's all good. But with Leaporta at this point, we talk about Andrew Cooper here
9:17on the bottom between the injury issues and the target competition with Aman St.
9:20Brown and Jameson Williams and Jir Gibbs. Sam Leaporta is pretty much off my board. Leaporta is not off my board, but we move him down 12 spots. And
9:26here's why. Andrew Cooper harps big time on tight ends. Essentially, if you want to have upside at tight end, you need to
9:32be a top two target earner in your offense. That would mean that Leaporta to finish as a top five tight end in
9:38fantasy would have to finish ahead of Jameson Williams and Jir Gibson targets.
9:42I'm not going to bet on that. He's not going to bet on that. So I now have Leaporta kind of a sizable gap between
9:47him and Tucker Craft, Kyle Pitts, and Harold Fannon as a lowerend tight end one that I'm not all that interested in.
9:55Maybe he can catch a ton of touchdowns in this offense, but we had a back issue last year. Now we have a hip issue and a
10:01lot of things are just ramping up for Sam Laaporta who is a young player that was once upon a time thriving and is now
10:06really struggling to stay on the field.
10:08I think that he probably plays week one and it's probably not a big issue but I wouldn't rely on him to match the
10:13production of again the Fannon Pitts and Craft tier. And then I really like Jameson Williams. I moved him up because of this only three spots but I now like
10:22him as a four five turn pick. This is somebody Yes, Leaporta goes down last year and then he turns all the way up
10:27for uh 12.8 8 points per game as the wide receiver 13 over that stretch. But as much as that was Leaporta getting
10:34hurt, it was also Dan Campbell calling the plays. And I think that there is an aspect here of Dan Campbell wanting to
10:40make Jameson Williams a focal point of this offense. And I think that he has his fingerprints all over everything.
10:45And still, we're drafting Jameson Williams for pretty much cheaper than he was last year, even though he crushed the second half of the season as a top
10:5212 point per game wide receiver to close things out. So, I am a big Jameson Williams guy this season. Then we could
10:59talk about Casey Conpsion. Nothing crazy. I move him up six spots, but I continue to inch him up and inch him up.
11:04I keep on moving him ahead of some rookies. And now it's him and Mai Lemon in this really fun upside area at wide
11:09receiver. He's rest with the starters in this Cleveland Browns preseason game.
11:14Denzel Boston plays. I'm not going to take it against Denzel Boston, but it just seems like the drum beat is so
11:19loud. Todd Monkin is obsessed with Casey Conpsion. I think we're going to get handoffs and fun usage and they're going to build the passing game out of Casey
11:26Conpsion. I think that he has all the upside in the world even with the quarterback issues. Then we can talk about the Washington pass catchers. I
11:34would have Okono ariser. I have Okonqua moving up 13 spots into that Daltton Schultz tier with Hunter Henry, Brettton Strange, TJ Hawinson, and then I'm
11:44moving Stfan Diggs down just a little bit here because we did have a preseason game over the weekend where when they
11:50went into a two wide receiver set, Stfond Diggs comes off the field and Trayon Burks is out there as a perimeter
11:56wide receiver in two wide receiver sets.
11:57That's a bit of an issue where Stfan Diggs is now running into the same problem that Josh DS has had and Jaden
12:02Reed has had. Now, yes, De Ston Diggs last year was in a part-time role in a similar fashion, but there's no
12:08guarantee that him having like a 2.4 plus yards per run of this super efficient route to route player that's going to stick. So, he could kind of be
12:16an afterthought in this offense after Terry McLaren at the top. And Chico Conquo was out there for 12 of 14 snaps
12:23in the first quarter. This is of course from the Nathan Yonke PFF article that he does on all the preseason games. PFF
12:30has the best data when it comes to preseason, but Okono is out there 12 of 14 snaps, that is the best usage he's
12:37seen in his pro career. If he's going to be in every down tight end, and there's going to be plays where he's out there
12:42in 12 personnel, which is two wide receiver sets, two tight ends, and it's going to be essentially McLaren, Burks, Jake Bates, and Okonquo.
12:52Anything that doesn't go to Terry McLaren is going to go to Okonquo. So, Conqu I'm really coming around on as somebody to buy into because previously
12:59I had him lowered because Diggs comes in then it's like we talked about Leapora.
13:02We need a tight end that's going to be a top two target earner in their offense.
13:06It was looking much rougher for Okonquo.
13:08But if there's not going to be plays in this game where his competition is Burks and Bates, I'm starting to come around
13:15on Okonquo who was a rookie receiver report darling uh back in his rookie year. Speaking of rookies, we have Kalon Black. Uh, I moved him up 10 spots, but
13:25he just essentially is my preferred Christian McCaffrey handcuff. This is from Zayn Denani here. He's also amazing. Zay Denani, worth a follow on
13:32Twitter. He is up to date with all of this stuff. Essentially, Jordan James did return to practice today, but it seems like Kayn Black as of right now
13:40has the RB2 job on lock. You have Hayden Wings below this saying that he won the RB2 job on the back of his pass
13:47protection reps, which they're definitely looking for a guy where they can bring McCaffrey off in a passing down situation and not tip their hand
13:53that okay, McAffrey is off the field.
13:55This is going to be like last year.
13:56McCaffrey would leave, Brian Robinson comes in between the tackles rush. It could be a little bit different here if Kaylin Black can be trusted on passing
14:03downs as a protector. And that's what it seems like is happening here. Now, I wouldn't go crazy with this, but it's
14:09just if you're going to take a CMC handcuff in the later rounds, which has time to time, you know, when you think
14:15of like Jordan Mason back and I want to say that was 2024, sometimes it works out and it can hit big. So, Kayn Black, why not? Uh,
14:23speaking of rookie handcuffs, I also like Seth McGawan. I just recently added him to the rankings and I vaulted him all the way up to 183rd overall. We
14:31have, of course, he is a uh day three rookie pick. He had a really really weird college profile. He's a mega
14:38athlete that can catch passes and rush, but he had like an off the- field incident where he produces a freshman at
14:44Oklahoma and then an off the- field incident kind of made him have to bounce around and then he ends up at Kentucky.
14:49He's like a 24 25 year old rookie. But he is very interesting where we look at the roster projection here from Zayn
14:55Dani that Seth McGawan is the RB2. Uh, and right now DJ Giddens, their day three pick from 2025 is not a lock to make the roster,
15:06hinting that Seth McGawan would be the guy. This is from Steven Holder, a Colts beat reporter, saying, "Seth McGowan, in my mind, has already made the roster and
15:13demonstrated that he is worthy of playing time to the extent the Colts actually give Jonathan Taylor a breather this year. He has had a great camp and
15:19has started strong in this game as well, referring to the preseason game." So, when we talk about these handcuffs of Kalin Black and Mike Washington, uh, and
15:28Brillin Allen, name whoever you want, McGawan deserves to be right in there, and he's probably not getting drafted in most leagues. Uh, and then we'll talk
15:35about some rookies that I keep moving up. We don't need to go into detail on all these guys. We talked about all of
15:39them last week, but I just keep moving them up. The Jean Stribbling, I have now moved up to my 97th ranked player. Uh, I
15:46wouldn't go crazy with this stat, by the way. Even JJ Zachares says here, don't go crazy about it, right? Because when
15:51you look at targets per outr run leaders among rookie wide receivers in the preseason since 2015, it's dribbling, Tank Dell, JSN, Amanra. But after that,
15:58it's Javon Whims, Jordan Whittington, Tory Horton, Garrett Wilson, uh, and then Ted Hurst, Romeo Dos, it's it's not the perfect list, but they keep using
16:06him.
16:07A lot of the 49ers players are fragile.
16:10Whether that is Mike Evans, George KD, Christian McAffrey, Deshan Stribbling was a top 40 pick in the NFL draft.
16:18There are some things to like. I think that he deserves to be not quite next to Conpsion and Mai Lemon, but I have him in this tier of
16:26like upside shots with uh Matthew Golden and like Xavier Worthy that guys you're not going to be relying on week to week.
16:32But Stribbling I'm starting to get there with. And I will say we do those high stakes drafts by the way. We stream
16:36drafts every single night. High stakes underdog reddraft managed everything you could possibly think of. The high stakes guys and those are usually the trends
16:44setters. They were drafting Jonathan Brooks super early before Parker Washington. like all these guys that the home league sits are starting to now uh
16:50get figured out. We saw Deshan Shriblin go 702 in one of those drafts. Now, now that's not where I'm taking him. 97 I
16:56believe that is going to be like my 901.
16:58Uh you can see I have his target round is the ninth round, but I think that he is a fine uh upside pick at this point
17:05in drafts. Uh then we can talk about Malachi Fields across the bottom. I continue to move him up uh based on his
17:10usage yesterday in the preseason. We have Nathan Yonke here saying that Malachi Fields is the starting X receiver at this point in time. That's a
17:17big deal. He has rapport with Jackson Dart and he is a fun player coming out of Notre Dame as like a jump ball
17:23exceiver. Speaking of jump ball exceivers, we of course have Jacobe Lane. And there's a lot to unpack with Jacobe Lane here. First up top we have
17:31Drew Davenport. Something happened with Rashad Baitman. I don't want to get into the legal stuff, but he essentially says that he's highly likely to play and it's
17:38not a big deal for the 2026 season.
17:39Something h some sort of domestic thing happened with Rashad Baitman. I wouldn't go running to the hill saying, "Okay, Rashad Baitman's not going to play in
17:452026." Then we have some bad news on Elijah Serat, who you who I'd also call a follower in this video. Uh this is
17:50from Nathan Yonke looking at the rookie wide receivers in the first four rounds to play into the fourth quarter of preseason week 2.
17:58It's a list of everybody who's ever sucked. Uh and then Elijah Serat. So I'm not going to call him dead, but it's not
18:04a great sign. And then on the bottom from Zayn, we have Kobe Lane played 100% of the snaps. He played one wide
18:10receiver, two wide receiver, three wide receiver sets. He played at the X, but he moved around to Z and the slot. I
18:14mean, that's huge. That signals to me that he is at worst wide receiver three in this offense. It's between him and
18:19Rashad Baitman for wide receiver two.
18:21Jacobe Lane has a lot of rookie upside.
18:24Uh and he's somebody I'm targeting late in drafts as a sleeper. And then nothing crazy with Mike Washington. It's just he
18:29ripped off another long run. I don't want to go crazy about preseason production, but he continues to look explosive and I think that he is going
18:36to be a really clean handcuff for Ashton Genty. Then we can talk about some players I'm I'm nudging around the rankings. These aren't guys that I am
18:44moving too too high up like to the point where I don't even have a screenshot from the change log here. But Chris
18:49Bell, I've added him to the rankings. Uh he is now back in the mix to play early in the season on the Dolphins. A really
18:56fun wide receiver prospect that shouldn't have fell as far as he did. He only did because he tore his ACL, but
19:01there is a chance that he could play and make some kind of impact this season.
19:04Then I also nudged up Omar Cooper. I know the vibes on Omar Cooper are tough, right? It's the Jets. It's Garrett
19:09Wilson. Then it's Adonai Mitchell. Then it's Kenyan Sadi. Omar Cooper though, he went from somebody playing deep into the first preseason game. There were reports
19:17that he was behind Isaiah Williams and then Nathan Yoni puts that all to rest here. He was clearly the wide receiver
19:22three behind Garrett Wilson and Adonai Mitchell. That's a big step up from wide receiver four behind Isaiah Williams, a career specialtamer. Uh, I wouldn't go
19:30crazy about Omar Cooper, but I'd have him in that same tier of your Jacobe Lane, Malachi Fields, Cyrus Allen, like rookie upside swings that you can squint
19:38and see. It's just tougher because I think when Kenyan Tadique is healthy, they're going to play a lot of 12 personnel and that's going to squeeze
19:44Omar Cooper off the field. I don't know that he's ever actually going to beat out Adonai Mitchell and be an every week
19:49starter on your team, but it's at least somewhat positive here. And then we also are nudging up Tedaro McMillan. He's playing more in the slot this preseason.
19:5840.9% according to Jack Miller. That's up from a 15% slot rate in 2025. And his yards per run is 1.98 from the slot
20:06versus 1.84 on the outside. So, he should be more efficient with this usage, giving him better production even in a bad offense. I'm starting to come
20:14around the Tero McMillan. I'm moving him up. Uh, and then we'll talk about Puka and CMC. I'm not moving them up. I'm
20:20just not budging. I know everyone is getting a little bit spooked on both of them, right? We have the Puka Nakua. I
20:26can't even pronounce it. It's like Pisayas or something. But this is from Deepak Chona here saying suspect return to practice this week. If so, re-injury
20:33risk in season is mild and that's kind of always the case with Puka since his rookie season. Then above that, McAffrey
20:39comments suggest he could play right now. Would expect large degree of practice load management all season. Uh drafting CMC comes with high overall
20:46risk given soft tissue issue and age 30.
20:48Not raising risk level based on current situation. So he's essentially saying however you felt about McCaffrey before him leaving practice is how you should
20:56feel about him. He's always been a high-risk high reward player. And we also got this report here is that he was
21:02seen participating in practice on Sunday. And then I'll also add that George KD is activated from the physically unable to perform list
21:10Sunday, which is a big sign of health for KD. I'm not moving him because that's kind of what my baseline expectation was for him that he was
21:19going to be ahead of schedule, but that's still good to see in writing.
21:22Then we can talk about the Keenan Allen signing. Of course, Keenan Allen comes in. I move him up 27 spots. I move Josh
21:28Downs nine spots, but I wouldn't go crazy about Josh DS and moving him down and going from a guy you were drafting a
21:34bunch. Now it's like, oh, I don't think I can draft Josh Downs. It seems here from Zay Denani that Keenan Allen is
21:40going to have a specialist role in three wide receiver sets on third downs. The bet with Josh Downs was always, can he
21:45play in two wide receiver sets? Can he get his route share from 70% up to 90% plus? I think that is still firmly on
21:51the table for Josh DS. I think it really comes down to just him from an individual standpoint on can he emerge,
21:58can he break out. Keenan Allen to me, I think is going to be more of a body than a key player in this offense. I know
22:06everyone feels snake bitten by the Lad Man, Keenan Allen thing from last year, but Lad McConn drafted at the two-3 turn. Josh DS I'm drafting 90th overall.
22:14Uh, so I think the downside of Keenan Allen is priced in at that price. Then we have the Bears backfield. We of
22:21course have a report here that Kyle Manunga has a knee injury. Shout out to Kirstston Tannis, one of the one of the
22:26more uh friendly and engaging beat reporters on Twitter. You've been doing this as long as I have. you you come around on it. It's funny like you we
22:36have fantasy football accounts in here uh talking with Kirstson Tannis where like her job is literally covering the the Bears but she says her sources two
22:43to six weeks on that injury talking about Kyle Manungai. I think Swift not playing. So Swift actually rested in this preseason game which is a big deal
22:50that it's one of two things. One it said Swift is like clearly the RB1 on this team and he's going to get a lot of
22:55work. Or two and it's where I lean personally it's that Manunga is not going to be ready for week one. So they
23:00can't afford for Swift to tweak something in a preseason game and they just need to get him in bubble wrap to
23:05week one because they don't need their RB1 in week one to be Roshan Johnson. So that's where I'm at with it. I moved
23:10Kyle Manungai down 12 spots, Swift up five spots and on top of that the RB dead zone video really liked Swift in
23:18the research. Then we'll talk about Brian Thomas Jr. This is a quiet one.
23:22It's really more so that Jacobe Myers gets hurt and that's something to think about. I already had Jacobe Myers buried in my rankings. So, he's not like a guy
23:29I'm moving down, but someone I was already not drafting.
23:33The issue is that we were thinking, "Oh, well, Jacobe Myers, he's hurt. Now it's time for Travis Hunter to step up and
23:38hop in three wide receiver sets." Well, what we got here from Zayn Dani is it sounds like Hunter will only come in for
23:45Brian Thomas. He is learning specifically the ex-wide receiver role, which is not good for Brian Thomas. That means Brian Thomas could be getting
23:52squeezed for routes by Travis Hunter while Travis Hunter isn't affecting Parker Washington or Jacobe Myers. It seems like the fix to this if Jacobe
23:59Myers is actually hurt is to run more two wide receiver sets with Brian Thomas and Parker Washington, but then also use
24:06Brett Strange and the second round tight end they drafted in the draft and run just like more heavy personnel instead.
24:13So that isn't great if Brian Thomas or Travis Hunter are like mutually exclusive bets, if that makes sense.
24:22Travis Hunter filling in for Jacobe Myers would be a lot more friendly towards Brian Thomas. But if this brings his route share down, all of a sudden
24:27Brian Thomas is very similar to what Romeo Dobs has been on the Packers for the last few years. So I'm not going to
24:33go crazy. It's not good. But I also have to respect the year three breakout upside with Brian Thomas. So I'm kind of
24:40It's tough. He's he's going to be a frustrating flex play this year. The upside is massive, but the downside is, like I said, like the last two years of
24:48Romeo Dobs is kind of his downside. Uh then our second to last player here, we have Jaden Blue moving down. I moved him
24:55down 15 spots here. I thought maybe he would be the lockedin Cowboys uh handcuff. That is not the case. Malik Davis is in the mix to be the handcuff.
25:04Jaden Blue kind of more of a passing down specialist. Is there upside here as a year two running back to break out,
25:10get more touches, earn more touches?
25:13It's all there for him, but he went from a clean handcuff to now it's a little bit more murky than that. Kind of a
25:18similar, he's like a poor man's Katon Mitchell is what I would call Jaden Blue. Uh, and then the last player I
25:23want to touch on is David Montgomery. We move him down because of the dead zone running back video. The research really
25:30didn't like David Montgomery's profile.
25:32We move him down eight spots here. We slap the void tag on him. And then Woody Marks has been looking so good in the
25:37preseason. And then on top of that from Zayn Denani here, all of the camp reports have been that Woody Marks and
25:42David Montgomery have been splitting work almost 5050. And Woody Marks, the biggest issue here for Montgomery is that Woody Marks really limits the
25:50passcatching ceiling of David Montgomery. And that would be the biggest upside lever for him. If he can get to 50 plus catches, David Montgomery
25:58would crush this year. I just don't see it with Woody Marks. They speak glowingly about him. Deco or Demo Ryan went to the podium. I believe yesterday
26:05and like really gassed up Woody Mark. So I don't think it's going to be a 50-50 split, but I think it's going to be
26:10enough of a split that Montgomery's upside is capped in the dead zone. But that is going to do it for us today.
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